Bir Khweilfe (Miocene of Israel)
Where: Israel (31.4° N, 34.8° E: paleocoordinates 30.9° N, 34.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Primary reference: G. S. Blake. 1935. On the occurrence of marine Miocene in Palestine. Geological Magazine 72:140-142 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 99606: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.11.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
"Cardium (Trachycardium) multicostatum" = Europicardium multicostatum
"Cardium (Trachycardium) multicostatum" = Europicardium multicostatum Brocchi 1814 cockle | |
Callista chione Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
Divaricella divaricata, "Lucina (Linga) columbella" = Linga (Linga) columbella
"Lucina (Linga) columbella" = Linga (Linga) columbella Lamarck 1818 clam |